However, it could have been different after the hosts took the lead for the first time with just eight minutes to go through Romelu Lukaku, only to concede in the last minute of normal time.

Daniel Sturridge's header made it three goals from set-pieces for Liverpool but Howard feels the game was there for the taking, had Everton taken their chances.

He told evertontv: "We need to be more composed and clever in front of goal because four or five times we worked ourselves into positions and when we do that we need to take advantage.

"We are disappointed in the way we conceded the goals but that can happen. The mistakes will be corrected."

The draw leaves Everton just outside the European places in the Premier League, and only three points adrift of their rivals from across Stanley Park.

But USA international Howard feels they deserved to take all three points from the game and would have done, had it not been for his goalkeeping counterpart between the opposition posts.

He continued: "We played really good football. We dominated the game, they hit us on the counter-attack but for the most we controlled a lot of it and created a ton of chances but Mignolet was brilliant.